Show SOME PLAIN TALK IM IN THE legislature I 1 opponents of aroh b t on measure make game fight in the house but are beaten the house on monday february 15 refused to reconsider the vote by which the cannon prohibition bill was passed and the measure now goes to the senate with it will go the peti eions which the house committee on judiciary ludl ciary have had which petitions caro thousands of signatures hours of oratory preceded the decision to refuse to reconsider the vote in favor of prohibition in the state sta teof of utah representatives hoi man and mcmillan IIan spoke in favor of a reconsideration they charging ahat that the cannon measure had been rail through the judiciary commit tee HoI holman maris s speech was the sensa tion of the session being an ably pre pared address delivered in a force tul ful manner holman charged that the house as a body has neither considered the v iscom nw nor the feasibility of enacting any legislation of this sort the house has accepted public clamor and countley count les leas petitions as self evidence of 0 the essit of such legislation and has acted accordingly without invests gating into the merits of the case by some sub rosa process beyond my powers of comprehension the C cannon annon bill 11 was passively accepted as the or and only panacea tor for the al lebed evils of the liquor traffic the cannon bill neither represents the in telli gence nor reflects the honest sen ciment of the membership of this house other measures similar in in substance and intended to correct the same evils were willfully disregard ed and did not receive the considers cons con sidera lion to which they were entitled AH all efforts orf ori the part of certain mem bers to effect a compromise measure were ruthlessly cast aside the mar ma dority refused to concede a single point either in committee discussion or in floor debate thus forcing these members nem bers to appear as unalterably opposed to any legislation whatever the bill was railroaded through the committee and the house and the manner of its final passage would have been a disgrace to any legisla tive body the measure Is a make shift and deserves to be the reply of mr cannon the auth author r of the bill was also very earnest he disclaimed that there was any church influence which had been made to push the bill through the house he and other speakers resented the charge made by mr holman that the bill had been railroaded through the judiciary committee four new bills were introduced in the and three met their death in the committee none of which are of grave importance I 1 ittle of importance was accod by the senate six bills of minor importance were introduced while the committee reports were con fined largely to routine matters sen ator miller introduced a bill levying a tate tax for h eh gh school purposes under the sections of a bill intro juned by senator badger persons ether other than those authorized by law as surety companies who shall be come bondsmen or sureties in any case must hie file with the proper coun ty officer a duplicate copy of the boni bon or other instrument in the coun y in which the property behind the s arety Is situated whereupon the bond or other undertaking becomes a lien upon the obligee the house on tuesday february 16 finally approved of tour four bills I 1 H I 1 B 48 by pope relating to irrigating dis tracts if B sa a substitute measure providing for the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the addition of a new section H D 51 by thompson providing for the holding of farmers and domestic science institutes and schools in the counties of the state and H B 92 by wootton the law relating to the requirements for or the certificates of teachers new bills were introduced amend ing the laws relating to the keeping of ditches in repair aby adding thereto n new section providing a penalty tor for sio violation lation thereof and creating a state bounty fund providing for a tax on certain livestock providing tor for the destruction of certain wild animals and repealing chapter I 1 title 9 corn com piled laws of utah 1907 un under er the terms of a bill introduced in the senate tuesday by senator benner X smith it will become a misdemeanor midd meanor to cut down or carry iway any growing thing from the property of another to dig a ditch or hole in the ground on property be ond what the digger himself owns or to post bills or other signs upon the premises of the city any company or individual without the proper con ent of the owner senator smith also introduced measures relating to the state board of pharmacy regular ing sale of poisons and an amend ment relating to certain agreements declared to be void unless in writing iwo wo bills were passed by the sen te ite S B 13 by miller providing hat certain members of each board at f health in municipal and countr county cor lo rations shall be members of thai the tate health conn contention antion and 3 B co go by badger accepting fe federal aera and and irrigation regulations within the state twelve senators were in caucus tuesday night in an endeavor it ia Is claimed to frame al a substitute bill t to 91 take the place of the cannon i measure but while the meeta ing was a secret one it it Is declared 10 i solution ot of the problem was reached the cannon bill which provides tor for state wide prohibition passed the house thursday afternoon by a vote of 39 to 4 with two of the members absent those voting against the bill were russell mcmillen mcrae and holman of salt lake lale county hol man and mcmillin lIln changed thein their i votes from the negative in order to move a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill was passed and they gave no notice tice that they would do this the cannon bill Is a drastic meas ure and if passed by the senate and approved by the governor will mean absolute prohibition throughout tha the state the new law would prohibit the manufacture sale barter giving away or otherwise furnishing ot of aico alco holle liquors within the state the term alcoholic liquor as used in this act shall be construed to mean all spirituous vinous fermented or malt liquors or any imitation thereof or substitute or compound of 0 any kind or description whatsoever whether medicated or not which con bains any alcohol and which Is capa tie ble of being used as a beverage an effort was made by mr cannon author of the measure to have a county dispensary where liquor might be dispensed upon the order of physicians bills were passed by the senate re lating to regulating and licensing em bureaus and agencies appropriating 8 for the use of certain school districts and tor for tha the increase in pay of teachers therein five new bills were introduced in 10 the senate and seven in the house as well as a joint memorial demor allying congress to grant to the state of utah tor for the benefit of indian war veterans of utah 1000 acres ot of land fifteen house bills and one memo rial wera were presented at the session 0 ol 01 the house of representatives on wed february 10 and one bill was withdrawn one of the new measures refers to the manner of 0 holding mary elections the bill was present ed by representative ellas elias conway aaton and proposes to do away with the old manner of holding mary elections and to establish dl di primaries marles candidates will bo be named on petitions according to the bill and there will be no such thing as party conventions the measure approved was 11 D B 75 by hodges relating to the invest ment of funds derived from the sale of public lands by vote he members of the housa house agreed to extend the time allowed the presentation of bills from 30 to 40 das with the consent of two thirds of the members of the house As the result of an hours hour a dealbera dell bera tion of the senate two bills were passed and seven new measures in produced trod one of the bills approved increases the salary ot of the supreme court stenographer fram from 1200 to 1800 a year the other relates to privileged communications at trials A measure was introduced which it if it Is approved will enable salt lake city to try the des moines plan df qt city government senator seeley is 14 after the experimental stations ind has in reduced a bill to abolish every experimental station in the state there was no session of the sen ate or house on friday february 12 a recess being taken in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of abraham lincoln A number of the members of the legislature however took advantage of the offer of the officers s of the oregon short line and southern thern pacific railroads and made a visit to the celebrated lucin cutoff |